Palaeokarst evidence for widespread regression and subaerial exposure in the middle Katian (Upper Ordovician) of Baltoscandia: Significance for global climate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 235-247

  Calner, Mikael ^a   Lehnert, Oliver ^b   Nõlvak, Jaak ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltoscandia; Fj cka Shale; Katian; Ordovician; Palaeokarst; Saunja Formation; Slandrom Limestone

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; PALEOKARST; REGRESSION; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

AMORPHOGNATHUS; AMORPHOGNATHUS ORDOVICICUS;

EID: 77956922931     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Ahlberg P. Agnostid trilobites from the Ordovician of the Siljan district, Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 1990, 112:145-156.
2. Ainsaar L., Meidla T. Ordovician carbon isotopes. Männamaa (F-367) Drill Core 2008, 27-29. Geological Survey of Estonia, Tallinn. A. Põldvere (Ed.).
3. Ainsaar L., Meidla T., Martma T. The Middle Caradoc facies and faunal turnover in the Late Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2004, 210:119-133.
4. Baceta J.I., Wright V.P., Pujalte V. Palaeo-mixing zone karst features from Palaeocene carbonates of north Spain: criteria for recognizing a potentially widespread but rarely documented diagenetic system. Sedimentary Geology 2001, 139:205-216.
5. Back W., Hanshaw B.B., Herman J.S., Van Driel J.N. Differential dissolution of a Pleistocene reef in the ground-water mixing zone of coastal Yucatan, Mexico. Geology 1986, 14:137-140.
6. Bergström S.M. Conodont biostratigraphy of the Middle and Upper Ordovician of Europe and eastern North America. Geological Society of America Memoir 1971, 127:83-157.
7. Bergström S.M. The Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy in the Siljan region, south-central Sweden: a brief review of an international reference standard. Sveriges geologiska undersökning, Rapporter och meddelanden 2007, vol. 128:26-41.
8. Bergström S.M., Löfgren A., Grahn Y. The stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician carbonate mounds in the subsurface of Gotland. GFF 2004, 126:289-296.
9. 13C chemostratigraphy: a transatlantic comparison. Acta Palaeont Sinica 2007, 46:37-39.
10. 13C chemostratigraphy. Lethaia 2009, 42:1-11.
11. Buggisch W., Joachimski M., Lehnert O. Late Ordovician (Turinian-Chatfieldian) climate of Laurentia. The Seventh Baltic Stratigraphical Conference. Abstracts and Field Guide 2008, 13. Geological Society of Estonia, Tallinn. O. Hints, L. Ainsaar, P. Männik, T. Meidla (Eds.).
12. Calner M. A lowstand epikarstic intertidal flat from the middle Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Sedimentary Geology 2002, 148:389-403.
13. Calner M., Lehnert O., Joachimski M. Carbonate mud mounds, conglomerates and sea-level history in the Katian (Upper Ordovician) of central Sweden. Facies 2010, 56:157-172.
14. Cherns L. Palaeokarst, tidal erosion surfaces and stromatolites in the Silurian Eke Formation of Gotland, Sweden. GFF 1982, 121:819-833.
15. Cocks L.R.M., Torsvik T.H. Earth Geography from 500 to 400million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review. Journal of the Geological Society of London 2002, 159:631-644.
16. Dronov A., Holmer E. Depositional sequences in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Geologica 1999, 43:133-136.
17. 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Ordovician Geology of Baltoscandia (WOGOGOB), Field Guide and Abstracts. Sveriges geologiska undersökning, Rapporter och meddelanden 2007, vol. 128:1-110.
18. Eriksson M.J., Calner M. A sequence stratigraphical model for the late Ludfordian (Silurian) of Gotland, Sweden - implications for timing between changes in sea-level, palaeoecology, and the global carbon cycle. Facies 2008, 54:253-276.
19. Grahn, Y., Nõlvak, J., in press. Swedish Ordovician Chitinozoa and biostratigraphy: a review and new data. Palaeontographica Abteilung A.
20. Harris M.T., Sheehan P.M., Ainsaar L., Hints L., Männik P., Nõlvak J., Rubel M. Upper Ordovician sequence of western Estonia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2004, 210:135-148.
21. Hints L., Meidla T. Vormsi Stage. Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia 1997, 81-82. Estonian Academy Publishers, Tallinn. Raukas, A. Teedumäe (Eds.).
22. Jaanusson V. Übersicht der Stratigraphie der Lyckholm-Komplexstufe. Bulletin de la Commission Geologique de Finlande 1944, 132:92-100. (Helsinki).
23. Jaanusson V. Über die Fauna des oberordovizischen Slandrom-Kalksteines im Siljan-Gebiet, Dalarna. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 1953, 75:97-105.
24. Jaanusson V. Faunal dynamics in the Middle Ordovician (Viruan) of Baltoscandia. The Ordovician System: Proceedings of a Palaeontological Association Symposium, Birmingham September1974. Cardiff 1976, 301-326. M.G. Bassett (Ed.).
25. Jaanusson V. Confacies differentiation and upper Middle Ordovician correlation in the Baltoscandian basin. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 1995, 44:73-86.
26. Jaanusson V., Martna J. A section from the Upper Chasmops Series to the Lower Tretaspis Series at Fjäcka rivulet in the Siljan area, Dalarne. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala 1948, 32:184-193.
27. Kaljo D., Hints L., Hints O., Martma T., Nõlvak J. Carbon isotope excursions and coeval biotic-environmental changes in the late Caradoc and Ashgill of Estonia. Quo vadis Ordovician? Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Geologica 1999, vol. 43:507-510.
28. Kaljo D., Hints L., Martma T., Nõlvak J., Oraspõld A. Late Ordovician carbon isotope trend in Estonia, its significance in stratigraphy and environmental analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2004, 210:165-185.
29. Kaljo D., Martma T., Saadre T. Post-Hunnebergian Ordovician carbon isotope trend in Baltoscandia, its environmental implications and some similarities with that of Nevada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2007, 245:138-155.
30. Keller M., Lehnert O. Ordovician palaeokarst and quartz sand: Evidence of volcanically triggered climate. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2010, 296:297-309. (this volume).
31. 13C data from the Borenshult-1 core (Östergötland, Sweden). Palaeozoic Climates. International Congress, Lille, August, 22-31, 2008, Lille, France 2008, 61. B. Kröger, T. Servais (Eds.).
32. Männik P. Distribution of conodonts. Geological Survey of Estonia, Tallinn 2003, vol. 5:17-23.
33. Männil R. The Ordovician of Estonia. Field Meeting Estonia 1990: An Excursion Guidebook 1990, 11-20. Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn. D. Kaljo, H. Nestor (Eds.).
34. Meidla T., Ainsaar L., Hints O. The Ordovician System in Estonia. The Seventh Baltic Stratigraphic Conference. Abstracts and Field Guide 2008, 95-98. Tallinn. O. Hints, L. Ainsaar, P. Männik, T. Meidla (Eds.).
35. Nielsen A.T. Trilobite systematics, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Lower Ordovician Komstad Limestone and Huk formations, southern Scandinavia. Fossils and Strata 1995, 38:1-374.
36. Nielsen A.T. Ordovician sea level changes: a Baltoscandian perspective. The Great Ordovician Diversification Event 2004, 84-93. Columbia University Press, New York. B.D. Webby, F. Paris, M. Droser, I. Percival (Eds.).
37. Nõlvak J., Grahn Y. Ordovician chitinozoan zones from Baltoscandia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1993, 79:245-269.
38. Nõlvak J., Põlma L. Locality 3:1 Paekna Quarry. Field Meeting Estonia 1990: An Excursion Guidebook 1990, 139-142. Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn. D. Kaljo, H. Nestor (Eds.).
39. Nõlvak J., Hints O., Männik P., Pärnaste H. Ordovician time scale in Estonia. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 2007, 46:351-356.
40. Owen A.W., Bruton D.L., Bockelie J.F., Bockelie T.G. The Ordovician successions of the Oslo Region, Norway. Norges geologiske undersokelse, Special publication 1990, 4:1-54.
41. Ruhnu (500) drill core. Estonian Geological Sections Bulletin 2003, vol. 5:1-76.
42. Po{double acute}lma L. Skeletal debris content and composition in the sediments of the East Baltic Ordovician facial axial belt (Engure boring). Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the ESSR Chimiya Geologiya 1972, 21:148-154. (in Russian with English abstract).
43. Põlma L. Skeletal debris content and composition in the sediments of the northern facial belt of the East Baltic Ordovician (Rapla boring). Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the ESSR Chimiya Geologiya 1972, 21:326-332. (in Russian with English abstract).
44. Puura V. Geology and mineral resources of the Rakvere phosphirite bearing area. Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR 1987, Tallinn Valgus Publishers, (in Russian with English abstract).
45. Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia 1997, Estonian Academy of Publishers, Tallinn, 436 pp. A. Raukas, A. Teedumäe (Eds.).
46. Schmidt F. Untersuchungen über die Silurische Formation von Estland, Nord-Livland und Oesel. Archiv für die Naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurland, Serie 1 1858, 2:1-248.
47. Scholle P.A., Ulmer-Scholle D.S. A color guide to the petrography of carbonate rocks. Tulsa, OK, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 2003, vol. 77. 474 pp.
48. Stouge S. Ordovician siliciclastics and carbonates of Öland, Sweden. Erlanger Geologische Abhandlungen Sonderband 2004, vol. 5:91-111.
49. Thorslund P. Några stratigrafiska och tektoniska rön från Siljansområdet. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 1936, 58:380-384.
50. Thorslund P. On the Chasmops series of Jemtland and Södermanland (Tvären). Sveriges geologiska undersökning 1940, C436:1-191.
51. Thorslund P. Gränsen ordovicium-silur inom Storsjöområdet i Jämtland. Sveriges geologiska undersökning 1943, C455:1-19.
52. Tuuling I., Flodén T. Late Ordovician carbonate buildups and erosional features northeast of Gotland, northern Baltic Sea. GFF 2000, 122:237-249.
53. Vlierboom F.W., Collini B., Zumberge J.E. The occurrence of petroleum in sedimentary rocks of the meteor impact crater at Lake Siljan, Sweden. Organic Geochemistry 1986, 10:153-161.
54. Warburg E. Geological description of Nittsjo and its environs in Dalarne. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 1910, 32:425-450.
55. Wikman H., Bruun Å., Dahlman B. Beskrivning till Berggrundskartan Linköping NV. Sveriges geologiska undersökning Af 1980, 119:1-105.